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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Mensa is an organization whose members have an IQ of 140 or higher. A few years ago, there was a Mensa convention in San Francisco, and several members lunched at a local café. While dining, they discovered that their saltshaker contained pepper and their peppershaker was full of salt. How could they swap the contents of the bottles without spilling, and using only the implements at hand? Clearly this was a job for Mensa! The group debated and presented ideas, and finally came up with a brilliant solution involving a napkin, a straw, and an empty saucer. They called the waitress over to dazzle her with their solution.
“Ma’am,” they said, “we couldn’t help but notice that the peppershaker contains salt and the saltshaker?”
“Oh,” the waitress interrupted. “Sorry about that.” She unscrewed the caps of both bottles and switched them.
—Found on MSN; submitted by Sherman Lee Burford, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama to PreachingToday.com
Tags: mensa, plain sight, problems, solution, solutions, vision
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
On April 26, 2008, the Western Oregon women’s softball team played against Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. During the course of the game, Western Oregon senior Sara Tucholsky hit the first homerun of her college career. She dropped her bat and started to make her way around the bases. In the midst of all the excitement, she forgot to tag first base. When the first base coach brought the mistake to her attention, she quickly turned around. To everyone’s horror, her right knee buckled. Crying, she tried her best to crawl back to the base. Tucholsky’s teammates were warned that if they touched her, she would be called out. The umpires also noted that if her coaches opted to call in a pinch runner, the homerun would only count as a single. (more…)
Tags: Brotherly love, character, churches working together, community, Compassion, Competition, Concern, grace, humility, Kindness, love, perspective, sacrifice, Self-denial, Self-sacrifice, Selflessness, Sports, team, Unselfishness, values, Winning and losing
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
“I’m sorry. Please forgive me! I don’t mean to hold you up,” he said as he struggled to get off the escalator.I’ll admit to it. There have been times when walking or driving behind an older person, I’ve gotten impatient and upset. I’ve huffed and zoomed around them because I was in a hurry to get nowhere. Perhaps I’m more aware of it
now because I see myself there one day soon. Today I saw myself in this old man’s shoes and it caused me to slow down, stop, and ask for his forgiveness.
He was about five or six people ahead of me. I was in a hurry and saw him as an obstacle. I’ve seen people get off the end of an escalator and stop dead in their tracks, gather their things and suddenly there’s a pile up of angry
people behind them. You can’t stop an escalator full of people behind you. (more…)
Tags: doing-good-works, elderly, evangelism, forgiveness, good-samaritan, good-works, love, love-your-neighbor, opportunities, Outreach, perception, perspective, sensitivity
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Friday, June 1st, 2007
WD-40 is almost a miracle product.? Here is what it says it can do on the back of the package.
- Remove black heel marks, scuff marks and crayon from washable surfaces.
- Quiet squeaks.
- Lubricate drawers, windows, toys, snaps, zippers and more.
- Keep things smooth running and corrosion free:? rollerblades, skateboards, ski bindings, bike chains, lube zippers, snaps on tents, sleeping bags and outdoor covers.
- Clean electrical contacts
- Lube triggers on power tools
- Clean spray paint nozzles
- Lubricate locks and hinges
- Safely remove road tar and grime
- Remove gum and grease from vinyl
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Tags: diversity, focus, marketing, overcome, overcoming, patience, perseverance, purpose, trials, vision, WD-40
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
In 1965 47-year-old Francois Raffray made a deal with then 90-year-old Jeanne Calment. He agreed to pay her $500 a month for the rest of her life in exchange for her condo when she died. He paid her that sum for the next 30 years until he died at age 77 in 1995. In all Francois paid more than three times the market value for the condo. She died two years later at age 122, the?longest living?person in modern history. - Source: Wikipedia & The International Herald Tribune
Tags: bad-deals, bad-luck, making-plans, mistake, oops, prophecy, seeing-the-future, truth, vision, wisdom
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